Kunming 昆明

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Boat on canal, and poor women on roadside.

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Terraced farmland, and boatmen waiting for commuter fares.

Scenes in Kunming, China, area during WWII: Boy with ox, and people getting off boat on canal.

Local men at work at a quarry near Kunming, China, during WWII.

Sgt. Vern P. Martin posing with helmet and carbine in China during WWII. In China, mostly 1944, at only two postings, Luliang and Chenggong, near Kunming. In service period from November 6, 1942 to January 18, 1946. He was a member of 308th Heavy Bomb Group of the 14th Air force, serving in China during 1943 & 1944 "as a...

1st Lt. Phillips Gardner Huffman was lost on a flight on March 21, 1943, over the Hump on B-24 "The Pregnant Swan," #42-40069, while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. During the flight there was no radio "advice" sent out from the crew indicating any trouble. The craft simply disappeared on this, their first, flight over the treacherous altitudes...

A menu for the Boston Restaurant in Kunming, during WWII.

Two patients at the Convalescent Camp (#3) in Kunming, China, look with anticipation at the shower rooms being erected for their comfort. Two shower rooms are nearing completion, each having 6 showers and a large adjoining washroom. The buildings are of brick and will have both hot and cold water. June 19, 1945. Photo by T/4 Louis Raczkowski.

Two Chinese officer students of the General Staff School, near Kunming, China, observing the effect of mortar fire on distant target during a demonstration of infantry weapons. June 5, 1945. Photo by Pfc. Seymour Israel. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627.

Major Robert E. Envell offering a taste of peanut candy now locally manufactured and sold for GI's in the PX's at APO 627 to Sgt. Claude S. Merrill and his escort. December 15, 1944. Photo by Pfc. Thomas F. Melvin. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by Emanuel Goldberg.